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SPECIFICATION. y A TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNE Be it known that I,WILLIAM T. ,WATSO'N, 'of Nottingham, in 'the county of `Prince Gorgesi,and State of` Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTobacco Presses; and I dohereby` declare rthat the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theanneiied drawings, making part of thisspecication, in Whichi Figure 1 isa vertical longitudinal section. Figure 2 is a vertical transversesection on the lineja: z, g. 1. y Figure 3 is a similarsection on theline y y. t The same letters are employed throughout in the indicationof identical parts.

My improvement is in the parts for holding the `oa-sks in position whilereceiving the actionof `the press.

A Ais the main frame of the press on ways, in the bottom of which slidesthe reciprocating-rack B," actuated 1 i by the pinions D D'- The pinionsare placed o'n the transverse shafts E', which extend `beyond theirbearings` on the main frame, and have on each end thc wheels E,by'xvhich they are turned. On the shaft of one of the` A pinions (shownon the shaft of D') I place a. ratchet-wheel, F', with a. ratchet F,hinged to the main frame working: i on its face. The keg,-H, is placedon the frame at G, and is secured inv proper position `to `receive theaction of` A the press by the bars I, the toes of which are held i'umortices in the sills G, while theyipiass through mortices in the beamsA", sliding easily up and down therein when down they are secured bypins I". The kegzbeing in place, and the bars I properly adjusted andfsecui'eihrods4 I' are'passed through the bars I immediately abiove thekegs. These bars -I and rods I', in conjunction with the sills Gr,confine the keg on all sides, while the 'ol-` lower is pressed by thereciprocating-rack, actuated as desibed, against the tobacco. Thecircular projection A',

which is of the size of the head within the chimes of the keg, sustainsthe pressure and preveutsthe head being forced out. Y 1

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isa-,-v

The combination of the sills G, sliding-bars'I, and rods I'for coniiningthe keg in atobacco press, sub-l stantially as described.

v 2. In combinationwith above parts and the main frame A I claim therack B, pinnions D and D',slha,fts E 3,

and -wheels E, together with the ratchet and wheel F F', arranged `to`operate substantially as. set forth.

In testimony whereof Iihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence ot'` tivosubscribing ,g

witnesses.

WILUAM T. WATSON.

Witnesses:

WM. N. Benen, JOHN R. Ricmnnaon.

